PITTSBURGH -- How Kevin Newman鈥檚 career turns out won鈥檛 necessarily make or break this year鈥檚 Pirates鈥� draft.The University of Arizona shortstop was chosen in the first round Monday night with the 19th overall pick in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. The draft, which ...
The torn elbow ligaments suffered by top prospects Jameson Taillon and Nick Kingham over the last two years have only served to remind the Pirates about one of baseball鈥檚 basic truths.You can never have enough pitching.With that in mind, the Pirates are leaning toward taking a high school ...
Pirates right-hander Gerrit Cole took a streak of 16 starts in a row in which he had walked two batters or fewer into last night's game against the Braves at Atlanta.While it is an impressive streak for a young pitcher, it is just the 31st-longest by a Pirates鈥� hurler since 1914, when records ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� There is something refreshing about Jung Ho Kang.In an era when seemingly everyone bears their souls on social media and nothing is ever a secret, the Pittsburgh Pirates rookie infielder Jung Ho Kang has a mystique about him.Much of it has to do with the language barrier. The ...
Gerrit Cole, A.J. Burnett and Francisco Liriano pulled off quite a feat last weekend when each had double-digit strikeout games in the Pirates鈥� three-game series sweep of the New York Mets at PNC Park.It was just the third time since 1914 鈥� the first season in which records are available ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� The Pirates returned to PNC Park on Tuesday night for the start of an eight-game homestand and the biggest question surrounding them was the identity of their starting shortstop.Rookie Jung Ho Kang started all three games of last weekend鈥檚 series against the Cubs at Chicago, ...